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Richmond Professional lnstitu te, College of William and Mary
Vol. 7
Store Service
Assigns Seniors
Christmas Work
S€niors in the store f:ervic:) dep3.rt­ment
have received their Christmas
field work following 'a field trip to
Charlottesv ille, ~irgin i a , Thursday.
to visit places of interest there.
Their first stop was at Lane High
School where they visited the Retail
Training Class, which is taught by
Margaret Doering, a June graduate
of RPJ. The Retail Merchants Asso­ciation
of Charlottesville, then en­tertained
the group with a luncheon
in the Monticello Hotel which was
followed by a fie ld trip to the Rock­inchair
Dress Manufacturing Com­pany,
makers of exclusive cotton
dress::s. They concluded" the trip
wi th a tour of Monticello, Thomas
Jefferson's home, as the guest of
the Rockinchair Company.
Working in the ·adjustment, train­ing,
and personnel departments or
2S floor managers during the C~lrist ­mas
season beginning November 26,
the seniors with their locations are:
Charlotte Aldous, Albany, New York"';
Henrietta Cohen and Martha Ann
Davis, Miami, Florida; Nancy Glea­son.
Newport News; Margaret
Hicks, Patricia Newton and Emily
Joyce, Richmond; Daryl Landrum
and Merle Olson, Lynchburg; Betty
Lou L u t j ens, DesMoine, Iowa;
Miriam straus, Washington; Ethyl
Townsend, Danville, Virginia; Bar­bara
Webster, Portsmouth; Nancy
Yates, Norfolk, and Florence Bern­stein,
Washington.
To present to the college the work
i:o'ng done in their department the
seniors make the store Service bulle­tin
b oa rd ~ which are changed each
Tuesday. During the month the
seniors are away, undergraduates
classes in the Store Service Depart­ment
will present pictures of what
is going on in t he various classes on
the bulletin board.
Holiday Dance
Planned by A.A.
The annual informal Thanksgiv­ing
dance of the Athletic Associa­tion
will be held at 8:30 o'clock
Saturday, December I, in the gym­nasium.
Tickets will soon go on
sale at 75 cents stag and 50 cents
drag.
The floor show is to be high­Jighted
by 'the appearance of noted
Hollywood figures, who will also
participate in the dancing and
other festivities of the evening.
Officials of the Athletic Association
state that it promises to be a mem­orable
occasion that no school­spirited
student should miss.
Committees planning the celebra­tion
are the following: Mary Rob­erts,
tickets and invitations; Nancy
S chi a c k, advertising; Margaret
Snell and Ebbie Stigall, re fresh­ments
; and Pat Quisenberry, Mary
Munce and Ebbie Stigall, decora­tions.
Pat Albright is president of
the Athletic Association.
Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1945 No.4
Broadway Success
.~Hated by Hodges
The next ma jor production of
the Theatre Associates as ,.an­nounced
by Mr. Raymond Hodges,
head of the Drama Department, is
to be "The Late Christopher Bean,"
a comedy in three acts written by
Sidney Howard, which will be given
in t he Studio Theatre in the near
future. This play, a brilliant suc­cess
on Broadway, was selected 1'01'
presentation here early in January
because of it s artistic plot, accord­inE
to Mr. Hodges.
Ray Doggett Is Elected to Head
RPI Freshman Class This Year
Students Attend
PTA Clinic Here
Brunser Named
Vice-President
Ray Doggett became the first boy
Members of Mrs. Lois Washer's to hold the office of president of
recreation classes last week at- the freshman class at RPI, when
tEnded the Recreation Clinic, spon- he was elected to that office at t!":'t:!
sored by the Parent-Teacher As- election held by the class Thursday
sociations and directed by the City and Fr5day, November 9-10.
Division of Recreat:on, which was
held in t he RPI library and gym-na£
ium.
Mrs. Washer led the round-table
discussions featured at the first
two sessions of the clinic at which
prominent recreation leaders in the
city spoke on various phases of the
recreation program and how other
community services are related to
the field of recreation.
Ellen Brunser, who received the
next highest number of votes, was
elected vice- president; Gladys Wat­son
was chosen as secretary; and
J esse Addison will serve as treasurer
for the coming year. Ann Pettit will
re p~esent the class on the student
council and Jean Wilson will serve
on the athletic council.
The story concerns a family of
New Englanders who have, years
before, made their home the abode
of a struggling, un acclaimed young
artist, Christopher Bean. As the
play opens, some years after Bean's
death, an enthusiastic, enthralled
world is clamoring for the pre­viously
unsought canvases of the
young man, only to find their ef­forts
to obtain some of the prized
work thwarted by the selfish and
ill-tempered family with whom t he
late Mr. Bean lived,
Miss Mary Jane Dole, instructor
in the department of history, will
t,iv!rt~~r t~~ne~at!~~l r:i~~~~~;:~ act as class sponsor.
Avlon Anderson and Dewey Love­lace
were the other two candidates
nominated by the class for the post
of president; Nikki Calisch, Celia
Northen and Frances Glenn were
the other candidates for secretary.
It is the family servant, Abby,
however, who ultimately holds the
most precious remnant of the cele­brated
artist's life. Not only does
she have in her possession one of
his most distinguished paintings,
but Abby turns out to be the widow
of Christopher Bean.
A.ssociation in New York, addressed
the PTA delegates and students at
the third session on the responsi­bility
of parents and teachers to
the community's recreation pro­gram.
The cliniC was held to en­able
members of the PTA to assist
in the development of recreation in
Richmond.
Student Government Association
Sponsors "Messy Pest Purge"
A meeting of the student body I The posters which have been
in the Gym Monday began the seen to this effect were the re-
~~~:g:et~:y~rg~t W~~sh ~~~t~t;::e! tponsi~ility of the Art Stud~nts'
t.kit was presented by the drama League; announcements and saymgs
department and the Theatre As- to go on the posters were also
cociates. contributed.
If you are a Messy Pest you had Since janitors and maids are hard
best beware, for the slogan for the to get, and many are overworked,
Purge (otherwise known as a clean- the Student Government Associa-t.;
p campaign) is: t 'on has requested that every stu-
"Don't be a Messy Pest, dent do his part by putting trash
Go along with the Best- in the provided receptacles and not
Keep R. P. I. Clean." on the floors and streets.
Emily Gregory, Ann Pettit, Lolly
Garlette and Jacqueline Gainer were
put up for the post of treasurer;
Emily Gregory, Alice Fielding, Adele
Franks and Nancy Glenn for repl'e­sentative
to the student council;
and Gladys Watson and Kitty Rush
as the class representative to the
athletic council, completed th'~
ballot.
Mlle. Bouillon Speaks
On Occupied France
Fra ncine Bouillon, a· member of
the active resistance movement ;n
France after the invasion of the
Nazis, addressed the Richmond In­tercollegiate
Council at its monthly
meeting held Monday night in the
Egyptian Building of the Medical
College of Virgin;a.
Early in the occupation Mademo­iselle
Bouillon was separated from
her parents and thrown entirely on
her own resources. She became a
responsible liason agent, working
dangerously under several assumed
names. Captured for deportation in
July, 1944: she escaped one month
later and hid in a convent in Alsace
until France was liberated.
She plans to continue her uni.­versity
studies in economics follow­ing
her tour for the World Service
Student Fund in which she is inter"­preting
to American students the
European student conditions and
needs.
Membership to the RIC is open to
any college student in the city and
visitors are invited to tonight's meet­ing.
Students from eigh t colleges
in Richmond belong to the organi­zation
which was organized two
years ago for the purpose of better­ing
relations between students. Miss
Annie D;x is faculty representative
from RPI.

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

Richmond Professional lnstitu te, College of William and Mary
Vol. 7
Store Service
Assigns Seniors
Christmas Work
S€niors in the store f:ervic:) dep3.rt­ment
have received their Christmas
field work following 'a field trip to
Charlottesv ille, ~irgin i a , Thursday.
to visit places of interest there.
Their first stop was at Lane High
School where they visited the Retail
Training Class, which is taught by
Margaret Doering, a June graduate
of RPJ. The Retail Merchants Asso­ciation
of Charlottesville, then en­tertained
the group with a luncheon
in the Monticello Hotel which was
followed by a fie ld trip to the Rock­inchair
Dress Manufacturing Com­pany,
makers of exclusive cotton
dress::s. They concluded" the trip
wi th a tour of Monticello, Thomas
Jefferson's home, as the guest of
the Rockinchair Company.
Working in the ·adjustment, train­ing,
and personnel departments or
2S floor managers during the C~lrist ­mas
season beginning November 26,
the seniors with their locations are:
Charlotte Aldous, Albany, New York"';
Henrietta Cohen and Martha Ann
Davis, Miami, Florida; Nancy Glea­son.
Newport News; Margaret
Hicks, Patricia Newton and Emily
Joyce, Richmond; Daryl Landrum
and Merle Olson, Lynchburg; Betty
Lou L u t j ens, DesMoine, Iowa;
Miriam straus, Washington; Ethyl
Townsend, Danville, Virginia; Bar­bara
Webster, Portsmouth; Nancy
Yates, Norfolk, and Florence Bern­stein,
Washington.
To present to the college the work
i:o'ng done in their department the
seniors make the store Service bulle­tin
b oa rd ~ which are changed each
Tuesday. During the month the
seniors are away, undergraduates
classes in the Store Service Depart­ment
will present pictures of what
is going on in t he various classes on
the bulletin board.
Holiday Dance
Planned by A.A.
The annual informal Thanksgiv­ing
dance of the Athletic Associa­tion
will be held at 8:30 o'clock
Saturday, December I, in the gym­nasium.
Tickets will soon go on
sale at 75 cents stag and 50 cents
drag.
The floor show is to be high­Jighted
by 'the appearance of noted
Hollywood figures, who will also
participate in the dancing and
other festivities of the evening.
Officials of the Athletic Association
state that it promises to be a mem­orable
occasion that no school­spirited
student should miss.
Committees planning the celebra­tion
are the following: Mary Rob­erts,
tickets and invitations; Nancy
S chi a c k, advertising; Margaret
Snell and Ebbie Stigall, re fresh­ments
; and Pat Quisenberry, Mary
Munce and Ebbie Stigall, decora­tions.
Pat Albright is president of
the Athletic Association.
Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1945 No.4
Broadway Success
.~Hated by Hodges
The next ma jor production of
the Theatre Associates as ,.an­nounced
by Mr. Raymond Hodges,
head of the Drama Department, is
to be "The Late Christopher Bean"
a comedy in three acts written by
Sidney Howard, which will be given
in t he Studio Theatre in the near
future. This play, a brilliant suc­cess
on Broadway, was selected 1'01'
presentation here early in January
because of it s artistic plot, accord­inE
to Mr. Hodges.
Ray Doggett Is Elected to Head
RPI Freshman Class This Year
Students Attend
PTA Clinic Here
Brunser Named
Vice-President
Ray Doggett became the first boy
Members of Mrs. Lois Washer's to hold the office of president of
recreation classes last week at- the freshman class at RPI, when
tEnded the Recreation Clinic, spon- he was elected to that office at t!":'t:!
sored by the Parent-Teacher As- election held by the class Thursday
sociations and directed by the City and Fr5day, November 9-10.
Division of Recreat:on, which was
held in t he RPI library and gym-na£
ium.
Mrs. Washer led the round-table
discussions featured at the first
two sessions of the clinic at which
prominent recreation leaders in the
city spoke on various phases of the
recreation program and how other
community services are related to
the field of recreation.
Ellen Brunser, who received the
next highest number of votes, was
elected vice- president; Gladys Wat­son
was chosen as secretary; and
J esse Addison will serve as treasurer
for the coming year. Ann Pettit will
re p~esent the class on the student
council and Jean Wilson will serve
on the athletic council.
The story concerns a family of
New Englanders who have, years
before, made their home the abode
of a struggling, un acclaimed young
artist, Christopher Bean. As the
play opens, some years after Bean's
death, an enthusiastic, enthralled
world is clamoring for the pre­viously
unsought canvases of the
young man, only to find their ef­forts
to obtain some of the prized
work thwarted by the selfish and
ill-tempered family with whom t he
late Mr. Bean lived,
Miss Mary Jane Dole, instructor
in the department of history, will
t,iv!rt~~r t~~ne~at!~~l r:i~~~~~;:~ act as class sponsor.
Avlon Anderson and Dewey Love­lace
were the other two candidates
nominated by the class for the post
of president; Nikki Calisch, Celia
Northen and Frances Glenn were
the other candidates for secretary.
It is the family servant, Abby,
however, who ultimately holds the
most precious remnant of the cele­brated
artist's life. Not only does
she have in her possession one of
his most distinguished paintings,
but Abby turns out to be the widow
of Christopher Bean.
A.ssociation in New York, addressed
the PTA delegates and students at
the third session on the responsi­bility
of parents and teachers to
the community's recreation pro­gram.
The cliniC was held to en­able
members of the PTA to assist
in the development of recreation in
Richmond.
Student Government Association
Sponsors "Messy Pest Purge"
A meeting of the student body I The posters which have been
in the Gym Monday began the seen to this effect were the re-
~~~:g:et~:y~rg~t W~~sh ~~~t~t;::e! tponsi~ility of the Art Stud~nts'
t.kit was presented by the drama League; announcements and saymgs
department and the Theatre As- to go on the posters were also
cociates. contributed.
If you are a Messy Pest you had Since janitors and maids are hard
best beware, for the slogan for the to get, and many are overworked,
Purge (otherwise known as a clean- the Student Government Associa-t.;
p campaign) is: t 'on has requested that every stu-
"Don't be a Messy Pest, dent do his part by putting trash
Go along with the Best- in the provided receptacles and not
Keep R. P. I. Clean." on the floors and streets.
Emily Gregory, Ann Pettit, Lolly
Garlette and Jacqueline Gainer were
put up for the post of treasurer;
Emily Gregory, Alice Fielding, Adele
Franks and Nancy Glenn for repl'e­sentative
to the student council;
and Gladys Watson and Kitty Rush
as the class representative to the
athletic council, completed th'~
ballot.
Mlle. Bouillon Speaks
On Occupied France
Fra ncine Bouillon, a· member of
the active resistance movement ;n
France after the invasion of the
Nazis, addressed the Richmond In­tercollegiate
Council at its monthly
meeting held Monday night in the
Egyptian Building of the Medical
College of Virgin;a.
Early in the occupation Mademo­iselle
Bouillon was separated from
her parents and thrown entirely on
her own resources. She became a
responsible liason agent, working
dangerously under several assumed
names. Captured for deportation in
July, 1944: she escaped one month
later and hid in a convent in Alsace
until France was liberated.
She plans to continue her uni.­versity
studies in economics follow­ing
her tour for the World Service
Student Fund in which she is inter"­preting
to American students the
European student conditions and
needs.
Membership to the RIC is open to
any college student in the city and
visitors are invited to tonight's meet­ing.
Students from eigh t colleges
in Richmond belong to the organi­zation
which was organized two
years ago for the purpose of better­ing
relations between students. Miss
Annie D;x is faculty representative
from RPI.